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Local governments cannot pass their costs up to another level of government because they lack:

AStationery
BSeniority
CSymmetry
DSovereignty
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Sovereignty
1. States can look to the federal government in some matters. 2. Cities have no equivalent standing of their own. 3. They lack sovereignty. _Source: OpenStax American Government 4e, Chapter 14, State and Local Government._
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